Line #48 CanonImmigrant/Batman


1	!!Franchise/{{Batman}}
2	CanonImmigrant in this [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} franchise]].
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7	* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. This PerkyFemaleMinion ([[DarkMistress and girlfriend]]) of the Joker was nearly as insane as he, and the dynamic they created was unique among supervillains. After being imported to Franchise/TheDCU, she got [[Comicbook/HarleyQuinn her own series]] that lasted 38 issues and a major role in the short-lived ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002''. She went on to co-star alongside Poison Ivy and Catwoman in ''ComicBook/GothamCitySirens'', as well as appearing in the hit video game ''Videogame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', and its sequels, ''[[Videogame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight Arkham Knight]]''. She currently stars in the new ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', and the relaunched ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' is [=DC=]'s best-selling female-led title. Creator/MargotRobbie portrays her in both the 2016 ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'' and 2020 ''Film/{{Birds of Prey\|2020}}'' movies. She was originally the TropeNamer before it was renamed to cure it of Administrivia/TropeNamerSyndrome.
8	* Renee Montoya, a police officer and detective of the Gotham City Police Department, was created for [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], but actually appeared in the comics first due to the lengthy production time of the show. She guest starred in numerous Bat-Family titles before being cast as one of the lead characters in ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', then ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. She also [[LegacyCharacter wore the mantle]] of ComicBook/TheQuestion for a time.
9	* Lock-Up also made the leap to Franchise/TheDCU in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, surprisingly before Harley.
10	* Roxy Rocket is a ''recursive'' canon immigrant -- she originated in ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'' comic based on the animated series, then made it into the series, before finally migrating from the series to the DCU proper as an enemy of ComicBook/{{Batgirl\| 2009}}.
11	* Sewer King, also from the animated series, appeared in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo.'' He appeared in one issue, only to die at the end of said issue.
12	* There's Raven, Jay and Lark, the Penguin's henchwomen from the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse. Lark was adapted from the comics while Jay and Raven were original characters, and it wasn't until the ComicBook/{{New 52}} reboot that they were made canon.
13	* The weirdest example is Condiment King, a throw-away joke villain. -- twice!
14	** The initial version was InNameOnly, as he was a teenager named Mitchell Mayo who worked in fast food before he willingly became a villain. He was also LeanAndMean, and RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver.
15	** A TruerToTheText version of the original character appeared in ''Detective Comics'' #1000, being including being a stocky adult clad in blue and white named Buddy Standler. That said, it was left clear if he's still a comedian like the original Standler or even if he's BrainwashedAndCrazy like the original Standler or another case of AdaptationalVillainy like Mayo was.
16	* Veronica Vreeland originated in the animated series and finally made her first mainstream DC Universe appearance in the 2018 ''DC's Beach Blanket Bad Guys Summer Special'' one-shot. Prior to that, she also showed up in the out-of-continuity ''Comicbook/BatmanWhiteKnight'' mini-series.
17	* [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]] was seen in a few issues, but these were all set in the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse continuity (this includes his mini-series). As of ''Batman'' #700, however, he's been inserted in the main DCU timeline as both an alternate universe Batman, and in the main universe as a possible future successor to Damian Wayne. Damian in this case fulfills the role Bruce did in the DCAU. Another version of Terry showed up in ''[[ComicBook/TheNew52FuturesEnd Futures End]]''. This one had been mentored by Bruce in a BadFuture, and had travelled back in time to the period of ''Futures End'' to try and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
18	* Derek Powers was a CorruptCorporateExecutive from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' who ran a company called Powers Technologies. Creator/ScottSnyder made the Powers family and their company canon in his ''Batman'' run, with Geri Powers, Derek's ancestor, acting as a supporting character. Derek himself eventually appears in a ''Comicbook/GothamAcademy'' annual, where he travels back to the present in an attempt to murder [=Warren McGinnis=], the young boy who will eventually grow up to be Terry's father.
19	* As part of the 2017 ''Superman: Multiplicity'' issues (of which is also a sequel to 2015's ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity''), the legacy expies of some heroes introduced in [[Recap/BatmanBeyondS3E10E11TheCall Batman Beyond episodes "The Call"]] (Mareena (AKA Aquagirl), Kai-Ro, Micron, and Warhawk) would be made canon, [[https://insidepulse.com/2017/01/18/dc-comics-rebirth-spoilers-review-superman-15-multiversity-sequel-multiplicity-adds-20-supermen-to-hit-list/ though as part of]] [[http://insidepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Earth-12-Multiversity-Guidebook.jpg Earth-12]]. In addition Danica Williams (AKA Flash II), who appeared in some semi-canon Batman Beyond sequel comics is also included among the Earth-12 Justice League Beyond members.
20	* In a split between this and the {{Expy}} trope, ''Comicbook/GothamAcademy'' also introduced a young girl named Katherine Karlo, who eventually turns out to be Clayface's "daughter" (that is, a piece of his body that gained free will). She is the DCU's version of Annie, a one-shot character from ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures'' with the same basic backstory and premise, [[AdaptationNameChange in all but name]], though given that Clayface is named Basil Karlo, it may have been a bit more obvious the connection this time.
21	* Nora Fries, Comicbook/MrFreeze's cryogentically frozen wife. She was created for ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and then imported into the comics in ''Batman: Mr. Freeze'' #1, as was Ferris Boyle, the CorruptCorporateExecutive who caused the accident that transformed Victor into Mr. Freeze. Even ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' used Nora as a plot device. The addition of Nora and her tragic story had a massive impact on Mr. Freeze's popularity; prior to his appearance in the cartoon, he'd been killed of during one of the miniseries about Tim Drake's Robin before prior to Tim starring in ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' and was brought back in ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' during the ''Knightquest'' portion.
22	* Sin Tzu, the villain from ''VideoGame/BatmanRiseOfSinTzu'' (based on ''WesternAnimation/TheNewBatmanAdventures''), makes his debut in "Suicide Squad's Most Wanted: El Diablo and Killer Croc # 3".
23	* The DCAU interpretation of Clock King named Temple Fugate, who was originally a ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' villain, made the jump to the comics [[RoguesGalleryTransplant as a Teen Titans villain]] during the ''ComicBook/OnTheClock'' arc and the ''ComicBook/TerrorTitans'' mini-series.. A character with the same name and time motif had appeared on the '60s ''Series/Batman1966'' TV show.
24	* The Grey Ghost from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' eventually appeared in ''[[ComicBook/Batgirl2009 Batgirl]]'', only to be killed off in one of the final issues. He showed up again post-New 52 in ''Gotham Academy'' as the school's drama teacher.
25	* Kathy Duquesne originated in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'', and later made the jump to comics in the ''Comicbook/DCComicsBombshells'' series. She was later joined by Ellen Yin from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman''.
26	* Kyodai Ken[=/=]the Ninja, a minor villain from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', was introduced in Peter J. Tomasi's first arc for ''Detective Comics''. While the cartoon version was a petty thief out for revenge against Bruce Wayne for ratting him out when he tried to steal from his master, the comic book version [[AdaptationalHeroism is a loyal bodyguard for Kirigi, one of the men who trained Bruce]] -- and [[spoiler:was a hallucination]].
27	* Andrea Beaumont, a.k.a. the Phantasm of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'', appeared in Creator/TomKing's ''Batman/Catwoman'' maxi-series, almost ''28 years'' after her original film debut.
28	* Summer Gleeson is mentioned by name in the ''Comicbook/BatmanNoMansLand'' storyline.
29	* Red Claw made her comic debut in Creator/TiniHoward's ''Catwoman'' run.
30	* The first issue of ''ComicBook/PunchlineTheGothamGame'' sees the (chronologically first) version of the Royal Flush Gang from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' make their comics debut.
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34	* ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} is an interesting case. The character was created by Creator/DCComics in 1966, at the behest of ''Series/Batman1966'' TV-show producer William Dozier. Technically, she appeared in the comics (just barely) before her first broadcast appearance -- but she exists ''only'' because the television show wanted an "official" young female character fighting alongside Batman and Robin.
35	* [[OfficerOHara Chief O'Hara]], a fairly important character from [[Series/Batman1966 the '60s live-action Batman series]], went on to make scattered appearances in the comics, having both an Earth-One counterpart (whose most noteworthy appearances were in "The Master Plan of Doctor Phosphorus" and "Sign of the Joker") and an analogue on Earth-Two (who is significantly older and mainly appeared in the ''Huntress'' back-up stories featured in later issues of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'', where he becomes police commissioner of Gotham City after the death of Bruce Wayne and is regarded by Bruce's daughter Helena as [[HonoraryUncle an old family friend]] in spite of O'Hara [[RememberTheNewGuy obviously not existing in the Golden Age Batman comics]]). A mustached version of him also appeared Post-Crisis in ''ComicBook/BatmanDarkVictory'' (where he is the first casualty of the Hangman killings) as well as the 2000 ''Silver Age'' story arc and ''Batman'' issue 700 in [[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Grant Morrison's run]] (both of which contradict O'Hara's death in ''Dark Victory'' by depicting him as alive and well during Dick Grayson's period as the original Robin).
36	* King Tut from the ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series appeared as the main villain in a story arc of ''Batman Confidential'', giving him Canon Immigrant status some 40-something years after he first appeared. King Tut also makes an appearance in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', which makes him an immigrant from one TV canon to another.
37	** ''Brave and the Bold'' also went one step further, having cameos by the likes of Louie the Lilac, Bookworm, The Archer, Marsha Queen of Diamonds, The Siren, Ma Parker, Black Widow, Shame and Egghead. All had a cameo in a prison break, in one episode. All of them were villains created specifically for the '60s TV series.
38	* Egghead made the jump to the DCU as well in ''Gotham Academy'', though looking less like Creator/VincentPrice.
39	* Bookworm first officially made the jump to the comics in a 1989 ComicBook/{{Huntress}} story that saw him killed off. He returned in the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, where he's the school librarian in ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy''.
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43	* The new, [[GenderFlip female]] Copperhead was created for the video game ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins Arkham Origins]]'', but was announced to be coming to the ComicBook/{{New 52}} before the game was even released. However, due to nixed plans, her comic debut happened long after the game's release as part of ComicBook/DCRebirth.
44	* ''Detective Comics'' #1000 introduces the Arkham Knight from the [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight video game of the same name]] into the DC Universe. However, rather than being [[spoiler:Jason Todd]] like in the game, the comic version of Arkham Knight turns out to be [[spoiler: Astrid Arkham, the daughter of Jeremiah Arkham]][[note]]This potentially also makes her a CompositeCharacter with [[spoiler:Lady Arkham, a female supervillain in the Arkham family whom was the main villain of ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'']][[/note]].
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48	* ''Film/{{The Batman\|Serial}}'': Several (surprising) examples:
49	** The idea of the Batcave (called the Bat's Cave in the serial), with an entrance through the grandfather clock, originated in this serial before moving over the comic books.
50	** The visual appearance of Alfred in the comic books was changed to match that of the actor in the serial, as prior to this, Alfred was portrayed as a portly, clean-shaven butler.
51	** Tito Daka is a wholly original character meant to cash-in on American wartime fears of the Japanese, though he would eventually make an appearance in comic book form almost 40 years later in ''All-Star Squadron''#43 in 1983 and later in [[https://www.cbr.com/batmans-first-movie-villain-vaka-dc-universe-debut/ ''DC's Crimes of Passion'' #1]].
52	* ''Film/{{Batman and Robin\|Serial}}'': Vicki Vale's brother Jimmy. He only appears in the show and wasn't from any comics.
53	* Carrie Kelly was first introduced as the new Robin in ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', but during the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, she appeared in the mainstream continuity as Damian Wayne's drama tutor. She wore the Robin outfit to a costume party as a MythologyGag, but thus far there's been no indication she'll actually become a costumed hero in this continuity.
54	* Chase Meridian was created for ''Film/BatmanForever'' as Bruce's new love interest and a Gotham psychologist who worked with the police. Years later, she was brought into the DC Universe via the ''Legends of the Dark Knight'' digital comic, which established her as a psychiatrist who worked at Arkham. She has since appeared more prominantly in the ''Arkham Rising'' storyline as the chief psychiatrist of the new Arkham Tower.
55	* Scorn, ComicBook/{{Robin}}'s EvilCounterpart from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'', was made canon in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuity.
56	* Lau, the Hong Kong banker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' film, made a brief appearance in an issue of ''ComicBook/RedRobin''.
57	* ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' introduced a character named Ethan [[spoiler: Cobblepot]] who seems to be based on the version of [[spoiler: Penguin]] who appears in ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'', given his appearance and skill with computers.
58	* The Bridgit Pike version of Firefly from the ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' live-action show made her comic debut during James Robinson's ''Comicbook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' fill-in arc.
59	* Richard Sionis, a proto-Black Mask who also appeared in ''Gotham'', is established as a previous Black Mask in the Rebirth comics as well, being the father of Roman Sionis.
60	* Following the unexpected departure of Creator/RubyRose from ''Series/Batwoman2019'', the writers created a new Batwoman named Ryan Wilder to take over as the protagonist of the series. Prior to the airing of ''Batwoman'''s second season, DC introduced Ryan into the comic continuity in the aftermath of ''Comicbook/TheJokerWar'', with a cameo in ''[[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Batgirl]]'' #50. It appears increasingly unlikely that Ryan will follow her show counterpart, however; as of September 2022, she herself has reappeared only once [[note]]In ''Batman: Urban Legends'' #5 as a hooded supporting figure whose signature is a combustible red card (leaving Oracle to dub her a wildcard)[[/note]], Kate Kane still operates as Batwoman with no reason to give it up or otherwise leave, and Kate was shown to still be Batwoman in the potential future of ''ComicBook/DCFutureState''.
61	* The ''ComicBook/DCPride2022'' one-shot brought over the Music Meister from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' to fight Damian Wayne and Connor Hawke, and [[NamedByTheAdaptation gave him the real name of "Darius Chapel"]].
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